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salmon with butter lemon dill sauce

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Eugene, OR
Updated on Apr 23, 2025

A very tasty, highly satisfying dish. You simply won't be able to stop tasting the sauce!

Blue Ribbon Recipe

While impressive, this salmon with butter lemon dill sauce is actually very simple to prepare. Once baked, the salmon is tender and flaky. It's served with an easy and savory lemon dill sauce. Creamy, buttery, and zesty, we found ourselves eating the lemon dill sauce without the salmon; it was that good.

— The Test Kitchen
prep time 10 Min
cook time 20 Min
method Stove Top
yield 6 serving(s)

Ingredients

  • 3/4 teaspoon coriander
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons coarse salt
  • 1 tablespoon ghee or unsalted butter
  • 6 wild salmon filets with skin on (about 4 oz each)
  • LEMON DILL SAUCE
  • 1/2 cup chicken bone broth
  • 1/3 cup heavy whipping cream
  • 2 tablespoons sour cream
  • 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  • 2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
  • 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
  • 1 teaspoon garlic paste
  • 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

How To Make salmon with butter lemon dill sauce

  • Mix coriander and salt.
    Step 1
    Preheat oven to 325 degrees F. Get out a rimmed cookie sheet. Mix coriander and salt.
  • Sprinkle the coriander mixture over the deboned fish.
    Step 2
    Debone fish. Sprinkle the coriander mixture evenly over the flesh side of the fish. Set aside.
  • Melt butter or ghee in a pan.
    Step 3
    Heat a non-stick pan over medium-high heat. Melt butter or ghee.
  • Place salmon in the pan skin side down.
    Step 4
    Place filets skin side down in the pan. Cook for 3 minutes.
  • Flip and cook the other side.
    Step 5
    Flip. Cook for 3 minutes more.
  • Place on a baking sheet and place in the oven to continue to cook.
    Step 6
    Place filets in the rimmed cookie sheet and put into the preheated oven for 10 - 12 minutes.
  • Combine bone broth, heaving whipping cream, sour cream, and pepper in a small bowl.
    Step 7
    To make the dill sauce, combine bone broth, heaving whipping cream, sour cream, and pepper in a small bowl. Whisk and set aside.
  • Melt remaining butter in the skillet.
    Step 8
    Using the same pan you used for the fish, melt the butter over medium-high heat. I tend to simply wipe it clean with a paper towel.
  • Add garlic paste.
    Step 9
    Add garlic paste and cook for about one minute, until fragrant.
  • Add cream mixture and whisk.
    Step 10
    Turn down the heat to medium-low. Add cream mixture using a whisk to stir.
  • Whisk in the dill.
    Step 11
    Add dill. Stir over medium-low heat for 5 minutes. Reduce heat to low.
  • Add the lemon juice.
    Step 12
    Add lemon and whisk.
  • Remove salmon from the oven, place in the skillet, and spoon the sauce over it.
    Step 13
    Remove fish from oven and place in the pan, skin side down. Spoon butter dill sauce over each filet. Cook an additional 2 minutes continuing to spoon sauce over the top. Remove from heat and plate.
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